“Five Palestinians were injured on Wednesday evening when they were attacked by a group of Israeli settlers in the Jordan Valley, near the city of Tubas in the northern occupied West Bank.
Safwat Daraghmeh, 30, told us that he was with his brothers and their children in the area of the Sakot Spring when 20 settlers suddenly attacked them.
The settlers were armed with batons, pepper spray, and stones. They gathered around the Palestinians and drove them away.
“The settlers threw stones at me and hit my brothers with batons. One of them stomped on my brother Muhammad's knee and tried to break it. Others sprayed burning gas in our faces amid insults and shouting,” he added.
Three children who were with Daraghmeh and his siblings - the oldest of whom was three years old - were left terrified and crying.
West Bank: Israeli settlers injure Palestinians visiting natural spring
Palestinian men protest against the closure of a road near the site of an attack on an Israeli bus, east of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, 4 September 2022 (AFP)